Screenshot: GoogleEven although Covid-19 could have compelled Google to cancel its annual builders convention, Google nonetheless has a serious Android occasion deliberate for this spring.In a brand new video on the official Android Builders channel on YouTube, Google posted a teaser for its Android 11 Beta Launch Present scheduled to happen on-line on June 3. After quite a lot of early developer-only preview builds of Android 11, Google’s upcoming occasion seems to be to have a good time the launch of Android 11’s public beta, signaling that Google is getting nearer to an official launch for Android 11 most likely someday later this 12 months. The earlier two variations of Android (Android 9 Pie and Android 10) each noticed official releases in August and whereas delays attributable to covid-19 might push Google’s conventional late summer season launch again a bit, it appears Google stays on observe for the same schedule once more this 12 months. Based mostly on Google’s video, it seems well-known Star Trek actor George Takei could even assist host the occasion, with Google promising updates associated to Android 11’s new options, safety, connectivity, security, and a “complete bunch of different stuff we’re not able to let you know about but. Oh My.”Going by what we’ve seen in present Android 11 Preview Builds, a few of the new options coming to Android 11 consists of native display recording, a brand new notification historical past log that reveals you beforehand dismissed alerts, elevated contact sensitivity choices, and even the power to allow airplane mode with out turning off Bluetooth (one thing lots of people have requested for fairly a while). However for a full run down, we’ll have to attend till June 3.In a considerably associated Android rumor that may very well be an essential matter through the Android 11 Beta Launch Present, 9to5Google claims Google is planning to rebrand Android TV as Google TV in a transfer that ostensibly seems to be to broaden the enchantment of Google’s TV platform to these much less accustomed to the Android ecosystem. It’s a fairly logical choice, and echoes the technique Google has used on different merchandise reminiscent of Android Messages (which is now simply Messages), Android Pay (which grew to become Google Pay), and the Android Market (which changed into the Google Play Retailer). And in a manner, rebranding Android TV as Google TV form of brings the platform full circle, as that was the title of Google’s authentic TV platform from again in 2010 when Google partnered with firms like Sony and Logitech to create gadgets just like the Logitech Revue.Regardless, with Google I/O having been cancelled for 2020, it’s good to at the very least have one thing on the calendar for Android 11, and with the occasion lower than a month out, it received’t be too lengthy till we all know extra.